Former Saints safety Darren Sharper had a tough week in the courtroom.

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Brent Schrotenboer
Gannett

With media cameras pointed at him in his orange jail uniform and handcuffs, the former NFL star turned sideways to avoid the unwanted attention.

Sharper once welcomed the limelight as a star player and then as a TV analyst for the NFL Network. But life has dramatically changed for him, and it got worse for his camp this week when new details emerged in his felony rape case in Arizona. Those details, which include potentially incriminating DNA evidence, might keep him in jail for at least ...